Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 15:18:26 -0700
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From: "Kennedy, Sheila" <s1kennedy**At_Symbol_Here**UCSD.EDU>
Subject: Re: safety quotes
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“Luck is what happ ens when preparation meets opportunity”

-           Seneca (mid-1< sup>st century Roman)

~  Sheila

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Sheila M. Kennedy, CHO
Safety Coordinator
Chemistry & Biochemistry Teaching Laboratories
University of California, San Diego
(858) 534-0221

From: DCHAS-L Discu ssion List [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Dr. Jay A. Young
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 1:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] safety quotes

Gail,

 

Try this one:

"An accident i s a near miss that hit its target."

 

[AXIOM: All accidents announce their impending arrival; the announcements are calle d "near misses".  So while the forthcoming accident in its Near-Miss-Stage, eliminate the causes of the near miss that has occurr ed.]

 

Jay Young

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From: Herriott, Carole

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Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 10:45 AM

Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] safety quotes

“’Safety first’ does not mean a smug self-satisfaction with everything as it is. It is a warning to all persons who are going to cross a road in dangerous circumstances.”  Stanley Baldwin (Earl Baldwin of Bewdley) 1867-1947  Source: The Times May 21 1929

-Carole
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253 249-6709 (cell)

From: DCHAS-L Discu ssion List [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Gail Hall
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 7:19 AM
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Subject: [DCHAS-L] safety quotes

All,

I am going to present an award to a graduate student w ho intervened following a chemical explosion in a lab and prevented serious bu rns to a colleague by his quick action, and also put out a fire in a fume hood.  Do you have any appropriate “safety” quotes I can p ut on a plaque?  I’m looking for something more than the common one s – I’ve already searched Google.

Thanks.

Gail

N. Gail Hall, CHMM

Acting Director, Office of Environmental Health and Safety

Boston College - St. Clements Hall

140 Commonwealth Ave. Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

617-552-0300   gail.hall**At_Symbol_Here**bc.edu

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